September 27, 2025
Democrats Can’t Debate
By Whitson G. Waldo, III
Charlie Kirk is emblematic of one of the things that is great about our country. Endowed by our Creator, we have freedom of speech. The First Amendment in our Bill of Rights enshrines this. Within bounds, we can express our own opinion, argue, and debate. Most importantly, we are free to say unpopular things so long as there’s no incitement to violence or willful defamation.
Charlie used freedom of speech to enlighten, educate, argue, and persuade. He chose a debate format, offering people with ideological differences a chance to give their own perspectives. If you count winning by hearts and minds, there was a clear champion over time of the debates. And, that champion was gathering strength and gaining ground. This is what terrified atheists and progressives most. The latter’s worldview has a stranglehold based on conformity, consensus, and ideological purity couching no challenge or dissent.
Calls have been renewed for progressive fascists to renounce political violence and violent rhetoric. This would leave progressives embracing just the socialist component of fascism. Establishing such a limit on themselves, they would have to settle for progressive socialism. This presents a vulnerability to ever louder calls to debate differences instead of resolving them with coercion, intimidation, and violence.
Why can’t progressive fascists debate? The answer is that, decades ago, progressives lost all the arguments on their merits.
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